                   Building the Nmap Installer for Windows
                   =======================================


I. ZENMAP BUILD DEPENDENCIES


I've listed the build dependencies for Zenmap, the versions I am using, and
where to get them:

GTK (2.10.11) - http://gladewin32.sourceforge.net
Python (2.5.1) - http://www.python.org/download
PyGTK (2.10.4) - http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/binaries/win32/pygtk
PyCairo (1.2.6) - http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/binaries/win32/pycairo
PyGObject (2.12.3) - http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/binaries/win32/pygobject
Py2exe (0.6.6) - http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/py2exe
Psyco (1.5.2) - http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/psyco

Be sure to grab the PyGTK, PyCairo, etc. for Python 2.5 and not 2.4!

Using the default install directories in these installers is important,
especially for Python (C:\Python25) and GTK (C:\GTK).  See Section IV if you
change the directories.


II. OTHER REQUIREMENTS


You'll need Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 and the Platform SDK for compilation.
Directions for obtaining those are at:
http://insecure.org/nmap/install/inst-windows.html#inst-win-source

You'll also need Cygwin installed in order to build the Nmap installer (not
required for normal compiling).  You'll find it at http://www.cygwin.com

And last, you'll need the Nullsoft Scriptable Install System installed.  You
can download if from http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Download 


III. BUILDING


With all of the requirements and dependencies installed, open up a Cygwin
shell and go to the mswin32 directory in the Nmap directory and type "make".
This may take several minutes, and will create an executable installer and a
zip archive (nmap-<version>-setup.exe and nmap-<version>-win32.zip).


IV. INSTALLATION PATHS / PROBLEMS


If you have Python installed to a directory other than C:\Python25, then
you need to edit the copy_and_compile.bat file under
zenmap/install_scripts/windows and change the "set PythonEXE" line with your
installed directory.

If you have GTK installed to a different directory, follow the same directions
as for Python, but edit the "set GTKDir" line.


-- Kris Katterjohn 08/2007
